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COPYRIGHT. 15D8. BY UARPpR & BROTHERS
(Continued from Saturday.)
"ASK mrn, Amos, suia nie suntnun,
"why -wo aro yawing and tacking
here when we should bo cracking on
all sail to stand after them."
pa Lhut smiled and shook his head.
"Your friend la a bravo man," said he,
"If ho thinks that with four men wo
can follow a hundred and fifty."
"Toll blm, Amos, that the Lord win
bear ua up," said tho other excitedly.
"Bay that ho will bo with us against
tho children of Jeroboam, and wo -will
cut them off utterly."
But Du Lhut wavod aside tho sea
man's suggestions. "We must have a
care now," said he, "or we shall loso
our own scalps and bo tho canso of
thoso at Stc. Mario losing theirs as
woltr
"Ste. Marie!" cried Do Catlnat "la
there, then, danger at Stc. Mario?"
"Aye, they are In tho wolf's inoutli
now. This business was dono last
night Tho place was stormed by a
war party of a hundred and fifty men.
This morning they lef tnnd went north
upon tfsot They have been cached
among tho woods all day between Pol
tou and 8 to. Mario."
"Then wo have come through them?"
"Yes, wo have come through them.
Thoy would keep their' camp today
and sond out scouts. Brown Mooso
and hla son were among them and
struck our trail. Tonight"
Tonight thoy will attack Sto. Ma
rlon -
"It is possible. And yet with so
small a party I should scarce have
thought that they would have dared.
Well, wo can but hasten back as quick
ly as wo can and give them warning
of what is hanging over them."
And so they turned for their weary
backward journey, though their minds
were too full to spare a thought upon
tho leagues wMch lay behind them or
thoso which wwro before.
Dnrk as it was, Du Lhut walked as
swiftly as during the sunlight and
never hesitated about tho track. His
comrades could see, however, that ho
was taking them a different way from
that which they had gono in tho morn
ing, for tvico they caught a bight of
the' glimmer of the broad rlv(- upon
their left, while before they hnd ofily
seen tho streams which flowed into It.
On tho second occasion ho pointed to
Whore on the farther side they could
spo 'dark shadows,
"Iroquois capops," ho whispered.
"There aro ton of them, with eight
mpn Jn each, Thoy aro another party,"
"How do you know that thoy aro
another party 7''
"Bocauso wo have crossed tho trail
of tho first within tho hour,"
Do Catlnat was filled with, amaze
ment at this marvelous man who could
hear in his sleep and could delect a
trail when the very treo trunks were
Invlslblo to ordinary eyes, Du Lhut
halted a llttlo to watch tho canoes and
then turned his back to the river and
plungod into the woods once more un
til they came to the edge of a moonlit
clearing. Du Lhut was about to skirt
this, as ho had done others, when sud
denly he caught Do Catlnat by the
shoulder and pushed him down behind
a clump of sumac, while Amos did the
same with Ephralm Savage.
A man was walking down the other
Bide of tho open space. He hod just
emerged and was crossing it diagonal
ly, making in the direction of the riv
er. His body was bent double, but as
he camo out from tho shadow of tho
trees they could see that he was an
Indlai) bravo in full war paint, with
leggings, loin cloth and musket. Closo
pj: lis. heels, pome a second, and then a
third and a fourth, pn and on, until It
aponios as Jf the wogd was full of men
and that tho (no wpuJ4 never come to
on end, Last of all enmo a man In tho
fringed tunle of a huntor, with a cap
and feather upon his head, no passed
across like tho others, and they van
ished Into tho shadows. It was flvo
minutes before Du Lhut thought it
safe to rise from their shelter.
"By Ste. Anne!" ho whispered. "Did
you count them?"
'Throe hundred and ninety-six," said
Amos.
' ."I made it 402."
Kjind ygu thought bat CTO wer0
pnly d hundred, and. fifty qf tbenj'
pried Do Catlnat.
"Ah, you do not understands This Is
n f rosli bund, Tho others who took tho
blockhouse must dp over thorp, fop
their trail lies betwoen ns and tho
rivor. In their camp thero are now
nearly 000 wnrrlors. Unless wo warn
thorn nt Sto, Mario these dovils will lay
nomo trap for thorn. Their parties aro
assembling by Jand apd by wntpr, and
thero may be ft thousand boforo days
brpak. Wo must push on and glvo pup1
warning,"
"Thoy had one who was dressed like
ft whlto roan," remarked Amos,
"Aye, and tho roost deadly of the lot
Hla father wos a Dutch trader, his
mother on Iroquois, and ho goes by the-
namo of tho Flemish Bastard. By Sto.i
rarni.'ies were an aroor. Du Cutiuat
burst through tho throng and rushed
upstairs to Adqle, who had herself
flown down to meet him, so that thoy
met in each other's arms. Together,
with his arm nround her, they ascended
to tho great hall.
"All, monsieur," said tho old noblo
man, with his courtly bow, "I am In
deed rejoiced to seo you safo under my
roof again, not only for your own sake,
but for that of rnadamc. You aro
doubtless hungry and weary. When
you are yourself again, I must claim
my revenge In piquet, for tho cards lay
against mo the other night."
But Du Lhut had entered at De Ca
tlnat's heels with his tidings of disas
ter.
"You will have another game to play,
M. do Ste. Mario," said he. "There aro
COO Iroquois in the woods, and they are
preparing to attack."
"Tut tut! We cannot allow our ar
rangements to bo nltered by a handful
of savages," said tho seigneur. "I mint
apologize to you, my dear Do Catlnat,
that you should be annoyed by such
people whllo you aro upon my estate.
Now, when I played piquet last with
De Lannes of Poltou"
"De Lannes of Poltou Is dead, and all
his people," said Du Lhut. "Tho block
house la a heap of smoking ashes."
The seigneur raised his eyebrows.
"I always told him that his fort
would bo taken unless he cleared away
those maple trees which grow up to tho
very walls. They aro all dead, you
say?"
"Every man." '
"And the fort burned?"
"Not a stick was left standing."
"Have you seen these rascals?"
"Wo saw the trail of a hundred and
fifty. Then there were a hundred In
canoes, nnd a war party of 400 passed
us under tho Flemish Bastard. Their
camp Is five miles down tho river, and
there cannot bo less than COO."
"You ore fortunate in escaping
them."
"But they wcro not so fortunate in
escaping us. We killed Brown Mooso
and his son."
"Excellent! Excellent!" said tho
seigneur, clapping gently with his
dainty hands. "You have done very
well Indeed, Du Lhut. You are, I pre
sume, very tired?"
"I am not often tlrod."
"Then perhaps you would pick a few
men nnd go hack into the woods to seo
what these villains are doing?"
"I shall bo ready hi flvo minutes."
"Perhaps you would like to go also.
Achillo?"
IIJs son's dark pyes and Indian face
Ut up,
"Yes, I shall go also," ho answered.
"Ypry pood, And wo bhu.il uiako all
rpady Jn your absence. Madame, you
will oxcuso these little annoyance
which roar tho plcamiro of your visit.
Next tluio that you do me the honor to
come hero I trust that wo hhall have
clourod all these vermin from my es
tate. You will excuse mo now. as there
aro ouo or two tilings which demand
my attention. Do Catlnat, you are a
tried soldier, and I should bo glud of
your ndvlce."
It was bright daylight now, nnd the
square Inclosure within tho stockade
was filled 'with an anxious crowd who
had just learned the evil tidings. Tho
scouting party under Du Lhut and
Achlllo de la Noue had already left,
and at the orders of tho seigneur tho
two gates were now secured with huge
bars of oak fitted into iron staples on
either side. The children were placed
In, the. Jower storerqom witli t few
w-graor tq wqtclj them, while' tho oth,
prs'wprp told, pff tq attend q the fire
Jjuckots, apd tQ rooad. tho muskets,
'4'Jio men. had been paraded, fiftytwo
of thorn In all, nnd thoy were dlvldod
Into parties now for tho dofenso of
each part of tho stockndo. On ono
sldo It had been built up to within a
few yards of the river, which not only
relieved them from the defense of that
face, but enabled them to got fresh
water by throwing a bucket at tho end
.lw I V ., , t ... m of a ropo from the stockade. Tho
boats and canoes of Ste. Mario were,
drawn up on tho, bank 'us$ under, tho
wal) apd were, precious nqw'a's offer
ing' q' last mean's q escape shpqld, all
elso. fall". The next ?OTi pt Louis, was.
but a few leagues up, tho rrvor, and.
Do la Nope had. already sent swift
messenger to them with, news qf tho
danger, At least It would bo a point
on which thoy might retreat should h$
worst como to tho worst
And that tho worst might ww to
tho worst was very evident tq so est
perionopd a woodsman pa Ajnoa Groon.
Ho had loft Ephralm BaYago epprlpg
jn ft deep sleep upon, tho flqor- and. waa
now walking round tho defenses with
Ills pipe In hla mouth, examining with
ft critical eyo overy detail in connec
tion with them. Tho atockadp waa
vory strong, nlno feot high, ppd closely
buUt of oal? stakes, whlPh wprp thick.
enough to turn a liullot, Halfway up,
Anno. I havo a score to aottlo with blm.' It waa Joopholod Jn long, narrow silts
and I may pay It before this business
la over," '
CHAPTER XXII. I
AY waa juat breaking aa tho
four comrades entered the gato
of tho stockade, but early aa it
was the censltalrea and their)
D
for tho fire of the defenders, But. on
the other band, the trees grow tq with
in a hundred yards of Jt and formed a
screen for the attack, whllo tho garri
son waa so scanty that It could not
spare more than twenty men at tho
utmost for each face. Ilia face dark
ened aa hQ thought of tho young wlto
wno naff como so tar in weir emu
keeping nnd of tho women nnd chil
dren whom ho had Been crowding into
the fort.
"Would it not bo better If you could
send Um up tho river?" ho suggested
to tho seigneur.
"I should very gladly do so. mon
sieur, and perhaps, if we ore all alive,
wo may' manage it tonight if the
weather should bo cloudy, but I can-
not spare the men to guard them and
I cannot send them without a guard
when wo know that Iroquois canoes
are on tho river."
"You are right It would bo madness."
"I have stationed you on tho eastern
faco with your friends and with fif
teen men. M. do Catlnnt will you
command tho party?"
"Willingly."
"I will take tho south faco, as it
seems to be the point of danger. Du
Lhut can take tho north, and flvo men
should bo enough to watch tho river
Bide."
"Hao wo food and powder?"
"I have flour and smoked eels enough
to see this matter through. As to pow
der, we havo all rfur trading stores to
draw upon."
"Wo have not time to clear any of
these trees?" asked the soldier.
"Impossible. They would mako hot
ter cover down."
"But at least I might clear that patch
of brushwood round tho birch snpllng
which lies between the cast faco and
the edge of the forest. It is good cover
for their skirmishers."
"Yes; that should bo fired without
delay."
"Nay; I think that I rotght do bet
ter," said Amos. "We might bult a
trap for them there. Whero Is this
powder of which you spoko?"
"Theurlet, the major domo, is giving
out powder in tho main storehouse."
very good." Amos vanished up
stairs and returned with a largo linen
bag In his hand. This ho filled with
powder, and then, slinging it over his
shoulder, ho carried it out to tho clump
of bushes and placed It at tho base of
tho sapling, cutting a strip out of tho
bark immediately above the spot
Then with a few leafy branches and
fallen leaves he covered the powder
bag very carefully over, so that it
looked like a llttlo hillock of earth.
Having arranged all to his satisfaction,
ho returned.
"I think that wo aro all ready for
them now," said tho seigneur. "I would
that the women nnd children wcro in
a safe place. Has any ono heard any
thing of Du Lhut?"
"Jean has tho best ears of any of us,
your excellency," said ono mnn from
beside the brass corner cannon. "Ho
thought that ho hoard shots a few
minutes ago."
"Then ho has come into , touch of
them. Etlenno, take ten men nnd go
to the withered oak to cover them if
thoy aro retreating, but do not go an
other yard on any pretext I am too
short handed already. Perhaps, Do
Catlnnt, you wish to sleep?"
"No; I could not sleep."
"Wo can do no moro down here.
What do you say to a round or two of
piquet?"
They ascendod to tho upper ball,
where Adolo camo and sat by her hus
band, whllo tho swarthy Onega-crouched
by the window, looking keenly out
Into tho forest
"Moil pro rushing from tho woods!"
cried Onega.
"Tut! It grows serious!" said tho
nobloman. "We can finish tho gamo
later. Itemember that tho deal lies
with you. Let us seo what It all
means."
De Catlnat had already rushed to tho
window. Du Lhut, young Achlllo do la
Noue nnd eight of tho covering party
were running with their heads bent to
ward tho stockade, tho door of which
had been opened to admit them. Here
and there from behind the toees came
little blue puffs of smoke. Aa tho
gato swung Into place behind tho llttlo
party tho brass cannon at tho corner
gave a flash and a. ro,ar, while the
whole outline of tho wood, was traced
In a rolling cloud, nnd. thP shower of
bullets rapped up aganst thp woodon
wall like hall upon P casement.
Having loft Adolo tq the caro of her
Indian hostess and warned hor for
her llfo to keep from tho windows, Do
Catlnat solzod hla musket and rushed
downstairs. Aa ho passed, a bullet
camo piping through one of tho nar
row embrasures und starred Itself In
a llttlo blotch of load upon tho oppo
site wall. Tho sclgnour hnd already
descended and was conversing with,
Du Lhut beside the door.
"A thousand of them, you say?"
"Yes; wo camo on a fresh trail of a
largo war party 300 at tho least.'
They nro all Mohawks and Cayuj
gas, with a sprinkling of Qnedas,
Wo had a running fight fr- a. fow.
miles, and, we. ha,yo. (oat flvo man. We
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